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Range, Crops, Landscaping Among Topics at UW WESTI Ag Days in Worland

January 9, 2012 — Range and livestock topics, crop issues, pesticide
certification and landscaping are among more than 30 sessions at this year's
Wyoming Extension's Strategically and Technologically Informative (WESTI) Ag
Days in Worland.

Specialists and educators from University of Wyoming
Extension will join other agricultural experts Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 7-8,
at the Worland Community Center Complex. The theme is Partners in Agriculture.

"WESTI Ag Days is one of the best opportunities for farmers
and ranchers to learn what is new and helpful in the Big Horn Basin and
throughout Wyoming," says Ron Cunningham, program coordinator and UW Extension
educator based in Fremont County.

"It was develop by retired UW Extension educator Jim Gill
and has grown and developed into a first-class event."

Cunningham will present the three-session pesticide
certification course, and the Wyoming Business Council and Progressive Farm
Marketing Inc. of Arcadia, Neb., will offer a five-session risk management
marketing workshop.

All programs and lunches are free and sponsored by the Big
Horn Basin Ag Ambassadors. Each day begins with registration, rolls and coffee
at 8:30 a.m. Sessions start at 9:15 a.m. and end at approximately 3 p.m.